I work at an air conditioning supply house in South Louisiana and from time to time I get some inside info. I was told today that in the near future (2009/2010) there will be a mandatory phase out of R134a because of it's high global warming output. For those of you that don't know R134a is the refrigerant they use in vehicle a/c units. It's already been outlawed in Europe and will soon be phased out here. The reason I am putting this out there is because no one has designed a drop in replacement for R134a, yet. I know they are a lot of intelligent Scion owners and I figured someone could get extremely wealthy if they knew what they were doing.

 

So what are they now using in Europe? They never phase out a product unless there is an equivalent replacement available.

 

Dry ice.

 

No offense but everything I've read says that R134a isn't banned in Europe until 2011. I haven't seen anything that says its going to be banned in the US. These things usually take several years and have much yelling back and forth so can I trouble you for your sources?

 

CO2?

 

Yeah, that's what dry ice is.

 

There is no such thing as global warming

 

 

Ok...so my source was off a little. Sorry...should've looked into it first. Flame on!

But 2011 is right around the corner as well.

 

Ok, but the world as we know it will end the following year anyway. So why worry about it?

 

True, but the world itself will not be ending. It's just a new age in 2012. Common misconception.

 

That' why I said 'as we know it.'

 

I know...I was just confirming what you said with more information.

 

Break out the cool-aid!

 

haha at RODC

 

Uh oh Rod, silverstreak is laughing AT you.

 

Bastard.

 

silverstreak...better watch out...RodC will beat you so hard he'll have you doing commercials.

"Buy a bike?"

 

...sometimes I do too.

 

whys the world ending as we know it in 2012? i thought it wa 2112 like the rush song lol